[citation needed] The state took its name from the fort of Raghogarh, founded in 1673 by Raja Lal Singh in 1677.

[citation needed] Raghogarh's fortune declined due to Maratha attacks led by Mahadaji Shinde which took place around 1780.

Raja Lal Singh usually resided in Pargana, where he happened to discover a saptdhat[what language is this?]

He established this image in the fort palace of Raghogarh, which he founded in 1677–1734 (Magh Sudi 5) on an elevation in the village of Kotda.

Lal Singhji built mansions and temples, dug tanks, baoris (stepwells), and laid a garden.

Amongst his three brothers, one got the thikana of Bhamawad; he is an ancestor of the Rajas of Garha-Jamner; the second one got Maksudangarh State, a branch of Raghogarh; and Ajab Singh got Guna.

Raja Budh Singh was granted a tract of land by his brother in 1776, which later became the state of Maksudangarh.

He obtained his post diploma from Mayo College, Ajmer, and received the Viceroy's Gold Medal.

He was married on 11 December 1969 to Rani Asha Kumari; she died on 27 February 2013 in New Delhi after a prolonged illness.